Publications

J Hypertens. 2023 Nov 16. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003619. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: Stress, and particularly job strain, has been found to associate with ambulatory blood pressure (BP). Moreover, BP is known to vary between days. One potential over-looked factor underlying this day-to-day BP variation could be work-related psychosocial factors.

Sleep Med. 2023 Oct 12;112:291-300. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2023.10.006. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Maternal depression and anxiety symptoms are common across the perinatal period and are associated with a raised risk for adverse child outcomes. While substantial evidence exists for child outcomes such as behaviour, language and cognition, infant sleep has…

Eur Heart J. 2023 Nov 10:ehad717. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad717. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Physical inactivity, sedentary behaviour (SB), and inadequate sleep are key behavioural risk factors of cardiometabolic diseases. Each behaviour is mainly considered in isolation, despite clear behavioural and biological interdependencies. The aim of this study…

Appl Psychol Health Well Being. 2023 Nov 9. doi: 10.1111/aphw.12506. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Anti-science attitudes can be resilient to scientific evidence if they are rooted in psychological motives. One such motive is trait reactance, which refers to the need to react with opposition when one’s freedom of choice…

BMC Geriatr. 2023 Nov 8;23(1):722. doi: 10.1186/s12877-023-04415-x. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: To study the effect of hip fracture type on physical performance, functional ability and change in mobility four to six months after the injury. METHODS: A total of 1331 patients out of consecutive 2052 patients aged ≥ 65 years who underwent…

Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2023 Dec;102(12):1606-1607. doi: 10.1111/aogs.14693. NO ABSTRACT PMID:37910175 | DOI:10.1111/aogs.14693…

PLoS One. 2023 Oct 26;18(10):e0293506. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0293506. eCollection 2023. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Physical activity and physical functioning have been reported to change over retirement transition, but the results have been inconsistent, and the two constructs have not been studied concurrently. The objective of this study was to examine concurrent changes in…

Stress. 2023 Oct 25:1-12. doi: 10.1080/10253890.2023.2275207. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Maternal prenatal distress (PD), frequently defined as in utero prenatal stress exposure (PSE) to the developing fetus, influences the developing brain and numerous associations between PSE and brain structure have been described both in neonates and in older children.

Dev Psychobiol. 2023 Nov;65(7):e22419. doi: 10.1002/dev.22419. ABSTRACT Social touch is closely related to the establishment and maintenance of social bonds in humans, and the sensory brain circuit for gentle brushing is already active soon after birth. Brain development is known to be sexually dimorphic, but the potential effect of sex…

J Pediatr. 2023 Oct 13:113776. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113776. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT This 26-year study found that non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C) levels tracked from infancy to young adulthood, suggesting early-life non-HDL-C could predict future levels. However, infancy-onset dietary counseling reduced the odds of maintaining at-risk non-HDL-C, highlighting the potential importance…